A 32-year-old man was arrested over the murder of a woman who died after she was doused in petrol and set alight, police said today.

Tracey Speirs, 32, of Woodville Terrace, Moston, Manchester died at her home after a blaze broke out there on Saturday afternoon.

Police were called to the house at around 12.50pm after receiving reports of two people being drenched in petrol which had ignited.

Ms Speirs was pronounced dead at the scene and a post-mortem examination showed that she died as a result of injuries sustained in the fire.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said a man from Moston had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A 32-year-old man, who was later found with serious burn injuries outside the Museum Pub on Moston Lane, is recovering from his injuries in Pinderfield Hospital, Wakefield.

A 46-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, who were in the house at the time of the incident, suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation, and a 28-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, believed to have entered the house to assist those inside, suffered smoke inhalation.

They were all treated at Manchester Royal Infirmary and discharged.

Another woman, aged 43, was treated for minor burn injuries and smoke inhalation at North Manchester General Hospital.